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Definition of Savior

1. Noun. A teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29).

Definition of Savior

1. n. One who saves, preserves, or delivers from destruction or danger.

Definition of Savior

1. Proper noun. Jesus Christ ¹

2. Noun. A person who rescues another from harm. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Savior

1. one that saves [n -S] - See also: saves

Lexicographical Neighbors of Savior

Literary usage of Savior

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Foreign-born Citizens: What They Have Done for America by Annie E. S. Beard (1922)
"... THE savior OF BABIES NATHAN STRAUS A BIG brother to everybody he could help was this "savior of Babies." Nathan Straus was his name and he was born in ..."

2. Holy-days and Holidays: A Treasury of Historical Material, Sermons in Full by Edward Mark Deems (1906)
"And we must come near to our savior, confess our sins to Him and trust Him; then we will understand more clearly this life and the eternal life; ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... that Wolcott, who publicly honored Wadsworth as the savior of the charter, privately gives all the credit to Others and does not even mention Wadsworth, ..."

4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"Overland ns «Гi:301-11 An '15 Associate of Bret Harte and savior of California redwoods. A. Grandpré. por Sunset 35:752 O '15 Seventy-six-year-old woman ..."

5. A Debate Between Rev. A. Campbell and Rev. N. L. Rice, on the Action by Alexander Campbell, Nathan Lewis Rice, Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould (1844)
"I commence my argument by reading the commission given by out savior to his ... In the commission, as given by Mark, the savior informs us who shall be ..."

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